[22530005/PK22530005/04835070/04804023] Cognitive Reasoning

[22530005/04835070/04804023] Cognitive Reasoning

• Upper-division and Graduate-level, cross-listed at PKU and THU:
  • Offered by Institute for AI and Yuanpei College (listed as 22530005/04835070, Cognitive Reasoning)
    • Junior or senior Tong class students, Yuanpei College, PKU
    • Junior or senior Tong class students, Department of Automation, THU (cross-listed)
    • Junior or senior students, School of EECS, PKU
  • Offered by School of Intelligence Science and Technology (listed as 04804023, Physical and Social Commonsense Reasoning)
    • First-year graduate students, School of Intelligence Science and Technology and Institute of AI, PKU
    • Selective first-year Ph.D. students, THU (cross-listed, approved case by case)
• Description: Understand the fundamental concepts of commonsense reasoning, being able to know and solve some challenging AI problems on commonsense reasoning. It provides an in-depth introduction to the knowledge related to visual commonsense reasoning with a focus on both theories and computational methods.
• Location: Main Campus
• Lecture: Monday 15:10-18:00 @ 二教304. 3 hours per week; 11 lectures, 3 paper presentations, and 2 project presentations
• Credits: 3

Turnitin Instruction

• Instruction [link]

Contact Info

• Instructor: Yixin Zhu ([email protected]).
• 24 Fall TAs:
  • Guangyuan Jiang ([email protected]);
  • Yuyang Li ([email protected]);
  • Liangru Xiang ([email protected]);
  • Siwen Xie ([email protected]);
  • Xinyi Yang ([email protected]);
  • Yida Niu (Web Master)
• Office Hours: Monday 18:00-19:00, 资源西楼2208A（五四操场南侧）

References

• Song-Chun Zhu and Yixin Zhu, Cognitive Models for Visual Commonsense, Springer [early draft].
• Elizabeth S. Spelke, What Babies Know, Volume 1, Core Knowledge and Composition, Oxford Series in Cognitive Development, ISBN: 9780190618247
• Michael Tomasello, The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organization from Lizards to Humans, MIT Press, ISBN: 9780262047005
• Thomas L. Griffiths, Nick Chater and Joshua Tenenbaum, Bayesian Models of Cognition: Reverse Engineering the Mind, MIT Press, ISBN: 9780262049412
• Useful Computing Resources.
• Oxford Library of Psychology.